Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 14:53:13 +0800 From: Foo Ji-Haw <jhfoo@nexlabs.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is 4.11 still a good idea? Message-ID: <427F08D9.6010700@nexlabs.com> In-Reply-To: <20050509064637.GA83454@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <mailman.0.1115610319.58274.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <427EE0F2.3090709@nexlabs.com> <20050509064637.GA83454@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Your point conflicts with the previous reply, that 5.3 is too cutting-edge. By the way, is there native support for Java 1.4 on FreeBSD 5.x? It broke in my ports installation. I did manage to get the Linux compatible version up though. Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 12:02:58PM +0800, Foo Ji-Haw wrote: > > >>Hi guys, >> >>I'm thinking of installing 4.11 on my next server, seeing that we have >>some Java issues on the 5.x series (I've been informed that native Java >>on 5.x is not a good idea). >> >> > >Why not? > > > >>Can I get some feedback on whether development and/ or support on 4.11 >>is still active and updated? I've spent quite some time on the 4.x >>series, so I am quite comfortable with it. >> >> > >It's certainly not very active. Some developers still have an >interest in it, but most of the development and bug fixing activity >goes into the 5.x and 6.x branches. > >Kris > >
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